European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 14. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Waldheim says he knew of nazi reprisals Chicago al1 austrian president Kuri Wald him accused of participating in brutal a i reprisals against yugoslavian partisans during world War ii says he knew about such incidents Hiil he denies that he was involved in carrying them out. Orders to carry out reprisals existed the former United nations Secretary general Lold the Chicago Tribune in an interview published sunday. They came from the highest War office in Berlin. That was Well known by everyone. Only was not involved in it Waldheim s comments come As an International commission of military historians studies his War re Cord. The commission is expected to make its findings Public next month. Describing himself As the victim of a defamation Campaign against me by All kinds of circles Wald Heim said he has no Ime lion of resigning. Earlier his month s can Magazine one of West Germany s largest news weeklies reported that Yugo slav military documents show that Waldheim and other members of his German army unit were directly involved in world War ii atrocities while serving in the Balkans. The documents obtain cd from Federal archives in Belgrade Yugoslavia showed Kurt Waldheim not Only knew of War crimes but was directly involved in them Between june and August of 1942," Stern said. The Magazine said the atrocities occurred in the Kozara area where More than 4,000 yugoslav parti sans were killed and nearly 10.000 people were imprisoned during the War. The documents allegedly show Thiol Waldheim s unit helped select i Host who were used in forced labor in German factories or pressed into sen. Ice with the Mili tary Stern said. The Magazine also said the documents show Walsh Linfs unit was at least partly responsible for organi ing executions. The Tribune said the commission of military Himo rians has interviewed  s fellow officers and has concluded hat Wal Dicini Nisi have been ii arc of he atrocities Alibi Hugh it had no evidence that he participated in them. Waldheim old he Tribune that he did not believe the commission s findings would he binding. A head of slate could never submit himself to a private foreign tribunal he said. Santa s Helper up photo a stuntman dressed As in Elf a polls Down the eight Story Drake hotel in Hollywood in a promotion for an amusement Park. The Elf followed Santa who ran Down the building in Simitar fashion Only moments earlier. 20-year-old Pioneer 8 continues data output Cape canaveral Fla. Despite Lite Rigours of an 11-billion-Milc voyage Nasa s Pioneer 8 science probe launched 20 years ago sunday continues to beam Back valuable data about the Sun and Earth s space environment. The whole Pioneer series i think is one of Nasa s most productive series of spacecraft said project manager Rich Ard Fimmel. Dollar for Dollar and Given he amount of data returned they be been exceedingly valuable  Pioneer 8 was launched dec. 13, 1967, atop a Delta Booster from what was Hen Cape canaveral of station. Then As now Nasa was struggling to recover from a tragic disaster in Pioneer s Day in was a launch pad fire he previous Jan uary that had killed three Apollo Mono program astronauts. Launched into an orbit around the Sun the 140-Pound Pioneer 8, Tike pioneers 6, 7 and 9, was designed to study the streaming solar wind solar flares and other related Phenomena. The 32-Inch-Long, 37-Inch-Widc cylindrical probe was built under specifications that called for it to survive a mini mum of six months. Built by try Pioneer 8 never comes closer than 2 million Miles to Earth and ranges up to 186 million Miles away. During the course of its voyage Nasa officials estimate it has covered ii Bil lion Miles the equivalent of 46,000 trips to the Moon. Pioneer 6, 7, 8 and 9 Are what we Call the solar pioneers fimme said from his Home near Nasa s Ames research Center in Mountain View Calif. They re really solar weather observers. These pioneers were quite useful during the Apolio Days because we had them spaced around he Sun. We were Able to observe solar Cliv some suggest if glorifies War mushroom Cloud Symbol debated Richond Wash. A Dis Pute is Healing up Over a High school s mushroom Cloud Symbol which opponents say glorifies nuclear War. Partisans claim that it shows school Pride and the Community s Tilo a nearby Federal nuclear Complex. We re so proud of it because in symbolizes Power the most awesome Power in the world said Carrie Coles a senior at Richland High school where learns go by the name bombers. A committee being formed at the school will study whether the Symbol based on the City s links to the nearby Hanford nuclear reservation should be dropped amid complaints from some teachers and students. The Symbol features a Green a with a White mushroom Cloud behind in mod eled after the Cloud caused by a nuclear explosion. Richland High s original bombers Symbol was a likeness of an atomic bomb. The mushroom Cloud became popular in 1971 when football players chose Ilas the Symbol on heir helmets. It s a Symbol to the rest of the world of nuclear holocaust and i Don i think it should be glorified said Jim Deathe rage an English teacher. But a group of students interviewed at the atomic Bowling Center near the school said the Symbol is Noi about nuclear War bul Aboul school Pride. People who Are opposed to it think it represents destruction said John Flana Gan. The reason we like it is that it s unique and represents the Power of Rich land High  Hanford created by the Manh Ailan project in world War ii produced the plutonium for the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki much of the plutonium in the nation s nuclear Arsenal was produced there and the site employs about 14.000 people including Many of Richland s 33,500 residents. The attempt is not the first to gel rid of the Cloud said school Board member Scott Butner. But this time it has Gener ated a lot of controversy he said. Talk about something that s Mush roomed Bulner said. I be had More phone Calls on this in the last two Daji than any single Issue i be dealt with on the school Board Ity beyond the limb of the Sun thai you could 1 see from Earth Yel which could potentially put lethal radiation on the Moon when we had Asl Ronals there that was indeed a Good ii for them Pioneer 9 was officially declared dead earlier this year but the other three members of the series continue to operate in the Depths of space. In fact. Pioneer 6 is the oldest working space Craft in interplanetary space launched 22 years ago this wednesday. But 11 billion Miles and 20 years in the harsh environment of space has taken its toll on Pioneer to. Only one of its eight instruments continues to function an electric Field Detector. The instrument was turned off in 1971 to conserve Power and save the Cost of monitoring its data. But when Nasa initially lost Contact with Pioneer 9 in 1984, Agency officials decided to attempt to re activate the electric Field Detector aboard Pioneer 8. Remarkably after being dormant for 13 years the instrument came Back to life. Thai s not Normal. 1 think that s All very impressive that electronics will sur Vive that Long and continue to function Fimmel said. You Ean t Send any serv ice people up there to repair them. So the instruments and the spacecraft were exceedingly Well  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. ,. Dec. 14, 1947 president Truman said that although american troops were Heing withdrawn from Italy the United Stales would consider measures for maintaining peace there if Italy s Independence were threatened. 30 years 090 . 14, 1957 the . Of Ioia fighter bomber voodoo won Back from Britain the official world Speed record by averaging 1,207.6 Mph in two flashing passes Over a measured course. The old Mark was 1,132 Mph. 20 years ago today. Dec. 14, 1967 King Constantine led army units in a revolt against the greek military regime confirmation of the attempted come coup came in an Athens radio broadcast smut tic King was mislead by criminal Ospur Lumels and had turned against the ruling Junta. ? 0 years ago foday. Dec. 14. 1977 a Federal Jeppi Jyh court in new Ork uni upheld if 1 nn.x1 Regula Noni Selling a More stringent ulu code for enlisted men than for us lists